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Silly silly health care proffesional

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I accidently took an over dose of my meds today.I have a pill box and each day is set out.
Well I had my medicine then a few hours later went past the box and thinking it was wednesday took them again.
Anyway I phoned NHS direct as I was a bit worried about three of the meds

Anyway after asking quantities I had taken and my weight the lady proceeds to not only tell me that I was safe but also procceded to tell me how much I needed to have in my system to be in danger.

I thought this a bit strange because two of the drugs in question were Fluoxetine(prozac) and amitriptiline.

Surely you dont tell a depressed person how muc medicine they need to kill themselves
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that sounds soooo stupid... some people should NOT have degrees
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I dont think they really told you how much could kill you. Just what could make you sick
To od on that stuff It would be quite alot if at all. sorry for the bad news.
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It does not matter anyway as I forgot it mybe she knew that.I do know that with the codeine she said somthing about 15mg per kg which is one hell of a lot if I heard right.

J
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funny becuase my psychiatrist told me last week how much I'd need to take to properly do myself in (this was 5 days after quite a serious attempt)

just goes to further fuel my paranoia!
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Ye when the people supposed to be helping you are actualy assisitng in your demise you begin to wonder is it paranoia or is everyone actually really after me
dobiedots
dobiedots
I have had this happend w/EVERY suicide attempt and so did my exhusband. Psychiatrists that feel a need to tell how THE PROPER WAY of killing yourself. Wassup w/that? Why do they do it? Is it some perverse pleasure? To see if you'd really do it their way?
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